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Time and place: –, HumSam-scene, University of Oslo Library, Blindern Campus

CIMS and the Norwegian Institute of International Studies (NUPI) are pleased to announce a co-organized event featuring a book launch with author Dr. Charlotte Lysa and co-panelists: Dr Laila Makboul and Prof. Emeritus Bjørn Olav Utvik.

Time and place: –, 12th Floor of Niels Treschows hus

The Word, Sound and Power Workshop 2026 will be held at the University of Oslo on the 28th of April. The workshop will take place on the 12th floor or Niels Treschows hus, from 11am to 5pm. Lunch included. All welcome!

Time and place: , Sophus Bugges Hus, auditorium 2

Master Maria Buyko at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages will defend her dissertation Limits to inferences: Studies on negative evidence in pragmatics for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Time and place: –, Eilert Sundts hus, A-blokka Auditorium 4 (BL09113)

CIMS and the Norwegian Institute of International Studies (NUPI) are pleased to announce a co-organized event featuring a lecture by Professor Jerome Gunning.

Time and place: –, Henrik Wergelands hus 421

Elisabeth Knight talks about how working memory and metacognitive abilities shape vocabulary learning, and explores whether multimodal cues such as iconic gestures can support children’s word learning.

Time and place: –, Meeting room 225, Henrik Wergelands hus, Blindern campus

Kamaluddin Nilu (University of Oslo) will present his latest research about Knut Rose's artistic works with Ibsen's drama.

Time and place: –, Sophus Bugges Hus Seminarrom 5, Universitetet i Oslo, Blindern

In this presentation, Jules Sergei Fediunin will show that Russia’s demographic agenda has evolved in accordance with the Putin regime’s authoritarian consolidation and ideological tightening

Time and place: –, Georg Morgenstiernes hus, seminar room 652

Please join us for a one day seminar organised by Idéhistorisk lunsjseminar (IFIKK) og Norsk Oversetterleksikon (NOleks) in connection with the visit to Oslo by Christine Lombez from Nantes Université.

Time and place: –, Sophus Bugges hus, Auditorium 3

Master Minh Khai Mai-Thi at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies will defend her dissertation Remapping the Emotional Landscape in Late Song: From Early Therapeutic Practices and Visceral Psychosomatics to Chen Wuze’s Seven-Affects 七情 Doctrine for the degree doctor philosophiae (PhD)

Time and place: , Sophus Bugges Hus, auditorium 2

Master Gabrielle Ferreira at the Department of Media and Communication will defend her dissertation From Istanbul to Madrid: Exploring transnational media flows through the expansion of Turkish television dramas in Spain for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Time and place: –, P.A. Munchs hus, Seminarrom 9

A talk by Christopher Bondy, Professor of Sociology at International Christian University, Tokyo.

Time and place: –, Henrik Wergelands hus 421

Michał B. Paradowski discusses Social Network Analysis (SNA) and investigates how the structure and quality of social interactions shape linguistic progress.

Time and place: –, Scene Domus Bibliotheca

What does migration really mean today—and how has it shaped societies across history? Welcome to the Italian Research Day 2026.

Time and place: –, GM 452

Ambra Serangeli (Tor Vergata, Rome)

Time and place: –, University of Oslo, Blindernveien 11, seminarrom 2 og OASEN, Georg Sverdrups Hus

Join us for a discussion about methodological challenges in bibliometric analysis, aspects of reflexivity in Viking Age archaeology, and how computational methods can be leveraged to conduct meaningful meta-research.

Time and place: –, P.A. Munchs hus, Seminarrom 1

A talk by Fang Lili, Honorary Director, Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor of the Institute of Art at the Chinese Academy of Art.

Time and place: , Helga Engs Hus aud 3

Master Emilie Owens at the Department of Media and Communication will defend her dissertation Teens and TikTok: Exploring the mediatised lives of teenagers for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Time and place: –, 452 Georg Morgenstiernes Hus, Room 652

The Philosophical Seminar With Karina Vold

Time and place: –, Harald Schjeldrups hus, Forsamlingssalen

Master Maham Riaz will defend her dissertation Embodied Spaces: Explorations in Spatial Audio–Video Recording and Ambient Interventions for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Time and place: –, P.A Munchs Hus, Seminarrom 1

In this talk, Andriy Danylenko explores how the varieties of modern Ukrainian have developed and changed, and what this means for the language today

Time and place: –, Eilert Sundts hus, A-blokka Auditorium 5 (BL09113)

Responses to Mass Rape and Children Born of Rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995)

CIMS and the Faculty of Theology are pleased to announce a co-organized event featuring a lecture by Ehlimana Memišević.

Time and place: –, Scene HumSam, Georg Sverdrups hus

In this lecture, Andriy Danylenko will provide a historical background to the current language situation in Ukraine

Time and place: –, Stort møterom (rom 2531) Georg Sverdups hus

This one-day symposium, organised by the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo, brings perspectives from sound studies and musicology to bear on our understanding of sociopolitical systems, our roles in them, and how we can hold them more responsible.

Time and place: , ZEB-bygningen, Salen + YouTube (link in text below)

Master Ieva Gudaityté at the Department of Musicology will defend her dissertation Listening to War Through Digital Community Radio Practices in Ukraine and Beyond for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).